InGaN-based Superluminescent Diodes (SLDs)

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​Marry LED and LD virtues
Speckle-free + droop free + broad spectrum

A good light source for SSL+VLC

Blue SLD developed at KAUST Photonics with integrated absorber design

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​SLD shows > 800 MHz modulation bandwidth with an optical power of > 10 mW, enabling a data rate of 1.3 Gbps using OOK modulation scheme.

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Publications

High-brightness semipolar (2021) blue InGaN/GaN superluminescent diodes for droop-free solid-state lighting and visible-light communications
Chao Shen, Tien Khee Ng, John T. Leonard, Arash Pourhashemi, Shuji Nakamura, Steven P. DenBaars, James S. Speck, Ahmed Y. Alyamani, Munir M. El-desouki, and Boon S. Ooi
Optics Letters, 41(11), 2608-2611 (2016)

DOI: 10.1364/OL.41.002608

HDL: 10754/621653


High-speed 405-nm superluminescent diode (SLD) with 807-MHz modulation bandwidth

Chao Shen, Changmin Lee, Tien Khee Ng, Shuji Nakamura, James S. Speck, Steven P. DenBaars, Ahmed Y. Alyamani, Munir M. El-Desouki, and Boon S. Ooi
Optics Express, 24(18), 20281-20286 (2016)

DOI: 10.1364/OE.24.020281

 

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